Thursday, May 10, 2007

One step closer!

We have some good news today (it's about time!) For the last 24 hours Faith has taken all of her feeds by bottle!!! She hasn't even had her feeding tube in! While she is "nippling" she does struggle with it, but her nurses have told us it is getting easier and easier for her to do. This is a huge step in the right direction. While we are moving froward in the feeding area, once again the weight gain continues to be a problem. She is still losing weight. This might be our battle that keeps her in the NICU for a while. She needs to be showing steady growth. Once again there is a catch 22; She needs to work on nippling, but she burns a lot of calories doing this. So is it worth it? In our minds yes, because she needs to learn to eat on her own. The weight will come- this may mean she will need to stay there longer, but it will come!Thanks for stopping by today!Brian and Jen

3 comments:

Anonymous
said...

Thats great news! She WILL get through all this and what a strong little girl she will be ! You GO FAITH!!

Now , young lady, we need to get some weight gain going on you. SO, eat more and I pray it settles in your body so you can weigh more, grow faster and have a steady weight gain so you can go home. I SAW ( on the blog) the pictures your daddy painted for you so you get better and get HOME! We love you and want to meet you face to face and give you AUNT SUSAN kisses and hugs!

Wonderful News you guys! This is such a blessing.. Yes, very wise decision to give her time! She will definitely get there in her time. We will keep praying! One moment at a time she continues to make great strides! We love you!

Keep going Faith! You are doing so great!! You are a gift from Heaven and your mommmy and daddy love you so very much! We love you Faith!

On February 4th, 2007 our little butterfly Faith Edona came into the world 15 weeks premature. At 25 weeks gestation she weighed 1 pound 6 ounces. This blog chronicles the ups and downs of life with a medically fragile child.